Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will answer the people hard, and he will forsake the counsel of the old men which they counseled him;

New American Standard Bible

The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him,

King James Version

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

Holman Bible

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

International Standard Version

But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him.

A Conservative Version

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

American Standard Version

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Amplified

The king answered the people harshly and ignored the advice which the elders had given him,

Bible in Basic English

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Darby Translation

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;

King James 2000

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

Modern King James verseion

And the king answered the people roughly, and left the old men's advice which they advised him,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him:

NET Bible

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

New Heart English Bible

The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

The Emphasized Bible

And the king answered the people, harshly, - and declined the counsel of the elders wherewith they had counselled him;

Webster

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

World English Bible

The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

the old men's
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

References

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

12 And Jeroboam and all the people will come to Rehoboam in the third day, as the king spake, saying, Turn back to me in the third day. 13 And the king will answer the people hard, and he will forsake the counsel of the old men which they counseled him; 14 And he will speak to them according to the counsel of the children, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions.


Cross References

Genesis 16:6

And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph will see his brethren, and will know them, and he will not let himself be known to them. And will speak with them hard things: and he will say to them, From whence came ye? And they will say, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Genesis 42:30

The man, the lord of the land, spake to us hard things, and he will give us for spying the land.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh will say, Who is Jehovah, whose voice I shall hear to send forth Israel? I knew not Jehovah, and also I shall not send Israel forth.

Exodus 10:28

And Pharaoh will say to him, Go from me, watch to thyself; thou shalt not add to see my face, for in the day of thy seeing my face thou shalt die.

Judges 12:1-6

And a man of Ephraim will cry out and will pass over north, and they will say to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to war against the sons of Ammon and didst not call to us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

1 Samuel 20:10

And David will say to Jonathan, Who shall announce to me? or what if thy father shall answer thee harshly?

1 Samuel 20:30-31

And Saul's anger will kindle against Jonathan, and he will say to him, Son of crooked rebelliousness, did I not know that thou choosest to the son of Jesse to thy shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?

1 Samuel 25:10-11

And Nabal will answer David's servants, and say, Who is David? and who the son of Jesse? this day there were many servants breaking away a man from the face of his lord.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the man Israel will answer the man Judah, and say, Ten hands to me in the king, and also in David I above thee: and wherefore didst thou make light of me? and was not my word first to me to turn back my king? And the word of the man Judah will will be hard above the word of the man Israel.

1 Kings 20:6-11

But about the time to-morrow I will send my servants to thee, and they searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it was all the delight of thine eyes they shall put in their hand and take.

Proverbs 10:11

A fountain of life the mouth of the just one: and violence shall cover the mouth of the unjust

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the just one shall know acceptance: and the mouth of the unjust, perverseness.

Proverbs 13:20

He going with the wise, and he is wise: and the companion of the foolish shall become evil.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor one will speak supplications; and the rich one will answer with vehemence.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of the wise one's mouth, grace; and the lips of the foolish one shall swallow him down.

James 3:17

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

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